Thousand Guineas 2023

Ladbrokes Tip: The Thousand Guineas Prelude is the key Thousand Guineas lead-up.

The Thousand Guineas is a mile feature now held at Caulfield Racecourse in November at the tail-end of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival for three-year-old fillies offering a lucrative $1.5 million in prize money.

2022 Thousand Guineas winner Madame Pommery

2022 Thousand Guineas winner Madame Pommery. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

It has been held on various dates over the years and was moved from October to November ahead of the 2023 edition to run on the same card as the Group 1 $1 million Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m).

The other Group races on the program are the Group 3 Blue Sapphire Stakes (1400m), Group 3 Thoroughbred Club Stakes (1200m), and the Group 3 How Now Stakes (1200m).

The 1600m set weights features was first run in 1946 and from 1988 – 2013 also took place on a Wednesday during the Spring Carnival. It has held elite level status since 1979 and notable Thousand Guineas winners include Wenona Girl (1960), Alinghi (2004), Miss Finland (2006) and Atlantic Jewel (2011).

The better fillies out of the Thousand Guineas may continue on to take on the older mares in Flemington’s Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m), a race the 2020 Thousand Guineas winner Odeum ran second in.

This season the 2023 Thousand Guineas ran on Saturday November 18, 2023 having been moved to November joining the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes Day card and was won by the Chris Waller-trained Joliestar ($4.60). 

2023 Thousand Guineas Odds

Early market betting odds on the 2024 Thousand Guineas will be displayed below once available. Odds are subject to fluctuation. For current odds on all of our live markets, please visit ladbrokes.com.au.

2023 Thousand Guineas Results

The official Thousand Guineas 2023 Results & Finishing Order will be provided below once the race is run and won on Saturday November 18, 2023 .

2023 Thousand Guineas winner Joliestar

2023 Thousand Guineas winner Joliestar. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

  • 1st: #6 Joliestar
  • 2nd: #1 Kimochi
  • 3rd: #3 Skybird

Chris Waller’s progressive Zoustar filly Joliestar ($4.60) was given a peach of a ride by James McDonald to hit the front 150m out and charge home for a stylish 1.5 length victory in the 2023 Thousand Guineas results.

Thousand Guineas Race Info

  • Date: Saturday November 18, 2023
  • Track: Caulfield Racecourse
  • Distance: 1600m
  • Conditions: 3YO Fillies – Set Weights
  • Status: Group 1
  • Prize Money: $1.5 million
  • First Run: 1946
 

Thousand Guineas Betting

Thousand Guineas betting is hugely popular each Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival and is dominated by in-form fillies coming via the traditional lead-up runs into the Group 1.

The Thousand Guineas Prelude top three place-getters always feature highly up the Thousand Guineas betting markets, as do those fillies drawn near the inside with just one Thousand Guineas winner having jumped from wider than barrier nine since 2004.

Favourites high up the Thousand Guineas odds have an excellent recent record in the mile feature too with five saluting for the punters from 2008 – 2016.

The favourites were back on top in the 2019 Thousand Guineas results with Flit ($2.35) saluting as the top elect, the last favourite to win.

There was a notable upset in 2021 however with Yearning winning at a $26 Thousand Guineas starting price, while Madame Pommery won at $9.50 in 2022.

Thousand Guineas Tips

Top Thousand Guineas tips include looking for any fillies that may have recently been running against the colts and geldings that are coming back against their own kind, backing the proven milers in the race that may have contested Sydney’s Group 1 Flight Stakes (1600m) and those drawn in barriers 1 – 9.

Madame Pommery (6th in 2022) was the last Flight Stakes runner to head south and win the Thousand Guineas.

2023 Thousand Guineas Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ insider Thousand Guineas 2023 betting tips and Caulfield racing selections will be detailed below the week of the race so bookmark this page for the fillies to back and sack in the Group 1 this spring.

  • To Win: TBD

Thousand Guineas Form Guide

The Thousand Guineas form guide features all the info punters need to place a well-informed wager on the mile showdown including the saddlecloth number, barrier, trainer and jockey of all the fillies in the field.

Looking for a runner drawn between barriers 4 – 6 is a good tip as these gates have produced the most winners in recent years, while just two winners have jumped from double digits in the past decade with Serious Speed (10 in 2007) and Amphitrite (15 in 2018).

Since 2008 six last start winners have gone on to win the Thousand Guineas including Guelph (2013) who took out the Flight Stakes – Thousand Guineas double, subsequently completed by Global Glamour (2016). Before her the last Thousand Guineas champ to come via the other Group 1 was Yosei (2010) who ran sixth in the Flight Stakes before winning the Thousand Guineas as a 10/1 chance.

Thousand Guineas Form Facts

  • Serious Speed (2007) was the last winner to jump from a double-digit Thousand Guineas barrier before the success of Amphitrite (2018) from the outside alley (15).
  • From 2006 – 2023 seven favourites in Thousand Guineas betting have saluted for the punters.
  • In that time five Thousand Guineas winners started at double-figures with Yosei ($11 in 2010), Commanding Jewel ($10 in 2012), Aloisia ($14 in 2017), Amphitrite ($13 in 2018), and Yearning ($26 in 2021).

2023 Thousand Guineas Form Guide

A link to our comprehensive Thousand Guineas 2023 Form Guide will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

Thousand Guineas Field

The Thousand Guineas field race attracts a line-up of the season’s best middle-distance fillies with either a winning record up to 1400m showing the potential to run out a strong mile, or those already proven over the 1600m distance.

The Thousand Guineas final acceptances are released on the Wednesday of race week with early nominations closing at the start of October.

2023 Thousand Guineas Field

The official Thousand Guineas 2023 field and barriers will be published in full below once final acceptances are taken by Racing Victoria on the Wednesday of race week.

2023 Thousand Guineas Nominations

The early Thousand Guineas 2023 Nominations are taken on Tuesday the 10th of October, 2023 and are set to attract over 200 fillies. The field is then determined after First Acceptances taken later in the month. 

The 2023 Thousand Guineas nominations attracted 115 fillies led in all-in betting by the Godolphin-raced Commemorative won won her debut as a 2YO back in June, the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained Group 1 performed Azula, the stable’s Group 1 Flight Stakes winner Tropical Squall, and Michael Moroney’s Group 3 Scarborough Stakes winner at The Valley Coeur Volante.

  Last 10 Horse Sex Age Trainer Hcp Rating
1 2x7x12 ADITI F 3 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott  
2 35×2 ALECTRONA F 3 Tony & Calvin McEvoy  
3 21x ALLAPERCANTO F 3 Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes  
4 19×5053 AMAZONIAN LASS F 3 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott  
5 229×1 APACHE SONG F 3 Michael Trotter  
6 312×642 APRILIA (NZ) F 3 Andrew Forsman  
7 32×1 ARCTIC GLAMOUR F 3 Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou  
8 2×133 AUTUMN ANGEL F 3 Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman  
9 5110x AZULA F 3 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott  
10 3427x BANGETTA F 3 Kris Lees  
11 218 BASILINNA (NZ) F 3 Emma-Lee & David Browne  
12 1×34 BATRANA F 3 Tony & Calvin McEvoy  
13 271×992 BEAUTY RISING F 3 Phillip Stokes  
14 39×56473 BIANCO NERO F 3 Matthew Smith  
15 2 BIZOT F 3 Archie Alexander  
16 86×16 BOLERO BELLE F 3 Chris Waller  
17 5×41 BON MISTRESS F 3 Ken & Kasey Keys  
18 214×3 BOSSY NIC F 3 Tony & Calvin McEvoy  
19 334 BROADCASTER F 3 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace  
20 187×1605 CAPTAIN AMELIA F 3 John O’Shea  
21 1×41 CARINA QUEEN F 3 Grahame Begg  
22 20312×85 CHILL THE KRUG F 3 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young  
23 1453×1454 CIGAR FLICK F 3 Chris Waller  
24 11×96 COCO SUN F 3 Tony & Calvin McEvoy  
25 41×1 COEUR VOLANTE (NZ) F 3 Michael Moroney  
26 1x COMMEMORATIVE F 3 James Cummings  
27 1 COSTA SMERALDA F 3 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace  
28   DARLING DOWNS F 3 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace  
29 2613×00 DOLPHIN SKIN (NZ) F 3 Leon & Troy Corstens  
30 3 EASY TURN F 3 Patrick Kearney  
31 45x ELECTRIC TIGRESS F 3 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace  
32 42×22 ELPHINSTONE F 3 Tony & Calvin McEvoy  
33 4112 ENNA’S DREAM F 3 Alex Rae  
34 051 ERSA F 3 Ben, Will & JD Hayes  
35 645 ETHEL MAUDE F 3 Pat Carey & Harris Walker  
36 2x522x1 FACILE F 3 Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou  
37   FAYETTA F 3 Dan O’Sullivan  
38 0x FINALE F 3 Cliff Brown  
39 5×5 FIRST PERSON F 3 Kris Lees  
40   FLYING FIZZ F 3 Matthew Williams  
41 12x19x FRAGILE LOVE F 3 Mathew Ellerton  
42   FUTATSU F 3 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace  
43 2 GENTILESCHI F 3 Paul Messara & Leah Gavranich  
44 4x2x GREY ICE (NZ) F 3 Bevan Laming  
45 3×1 GUMDROPS F 3 Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)  
46   ICHIKA F 3 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace  
47 6 ILLUMINANCE F 3 Julius Sandhu  
48   INDAZA F 3 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace  
49 12326×3122 INHIBITIONS F 3 James Cummings  
50 1×2 JOLIESTAR F 3 Chris Waller  
51   JUDGE JENNI F 3 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace  
52   JUST IN TIME F 3 Richard & Will Freedman  
53 2x13x3222 KIMOCHI F 3 Gary Portelli  
54 24×4 KIND WORDS F 3 Kris Lees  
55 23x2x KUNDALINI F 3 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace  
56 4x5212x5 LADY IN PINK F 3 Leon & Troy Corstens  
57 141P8x094 LAZZAGO F 3 Chris Waller  
58   LIVELY F 3 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace  
59 26×1 LOVAZOU F 3 Danny O’Brien  
60 411 LOVELY LOOKIN’ F 3 Andrew Gluyas  
61 49×51 MAH ALI F 3 Benjamin Smith  
62   MATAWAI (NZ) F 3 Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)  
63 11x MATERIAL DREAMS F 3 Nick Ryan  
64 2×3 MAURICIO F 3 Wendy Kelly  
65 312x MIRACLE OF LOVE F 3 Paul Messara & Leah Gavranich  
66 2x MIRAVAL ROSE F 3 Grahame Begg  
67 4x MISHARE F 3 Bevan Laming  
68 4x4x15 MISS ARIA F 3 Danny O’Brien  
69 2x MISS REILLY F 3 Chris Waller  
70   MISS ROUMBINI F 3 Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)  
71 213 MOESHA F 3 Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman  
72 62 MOHNAR F 3 Gavin Bedggood  
73 3312×744 NODACHI F 3 Mathew Ellerton  
74   OUR EMMBAR F 3 Leon & Troy Corstens  
75 1 OUR GOLD HOPE F 3 Robert & Luke Price  
76 6×3 OUR UPTOWN GIRL F 3 John Thompson  
77 631×251 OZ EMPRESS F 3 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott  
78 6 PAJANTI F 3 Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou  
79 11 PARADISE CITY F 3 Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman  
80 25027×7103 PICKY F 3 Leon & Troy Corstens  
81 3538×531 PIER PRESSURE F 3 Kris Lees  
82 1×30 POIFECT F 3 Ben, Will & JD Hayes  
83 2x PRINCESS PIA F 3 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace  
84 2 QUICKSTER F 3 Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman  
85 43×71 RED DATES F 3 Leon & Troy Corstens  
86 312x30x RIGHT TO PARTY F 3 Anthony & Sam Freedman  
87 22 ROLL ON HIGH F 3 Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman  
88 21x8x ROSE OF SHALAA F 3 Matthew Williams  
89 1×21 SENTIMENTAL FLAME F 3 Travis Doudle  
90 14×3 SERASANA F 3 Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock  
91 6x2x2130x SICILIAN F 3 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott  
92 11 SKYBIRD F 3 Mitchell Freedman  
93   SO GLAMOROUS F 3 Grahame Begg  
94 54x SOCKS NATION F 3 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace  
95 343×109 STELLAR MOFEED F 3 Kevin Corstens  
96 04×1260 SUBRISING F 3 Nigel Blackiston  
97 12 SUNSET DREAMING F 3 Tony & Calvin McEvoy  
98 6×20 TIETAR (NZ) F 3 Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)  
99 1x TIME OF MY LIFE F 3 Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman  
100 42×1116 TIZ INVINCIBLE F 3 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace  
101 1×131 TROPICAL SQUALL F 3 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott  
102 221×673 TUTTA LA VITA F 3 Chris Waller  
103 2 UNTIL VALHALLA F 3 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace  
104   UP TO MISCHIEF F 3 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace  
105 6 VIBRANT SUN F 3 Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)  
106 517x1x VIVY AIR F 3 Archie Alexander  
107 13×59 WAIMARIE F 3 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young  
108   YAMAMAI F 3 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young  
109 4×81 YOTOTSU F 3 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace  
110 3 YOU LITTLE NIPPER F 3 Archie Alexander  
111 15x57x ZAMBEZI KHAN (NZ) F 3 Guy Lowry  
112 111×0071 ZARDOZI F 3 James Cummings  
113 4×1 ZELTA F 3 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott  
114 4x53141x67 ZOUKERETTE F 3 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace  
115 11×6 ZOURION (NZ) F 3 Mark Walker

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Thousand Guineas First Acceptances

The 2023 Thousand Guineas First Acceptances close on Tuesday October 31, 2023 and will be published in full below as soon as announced.

The 2023 Thousand Guineas first acceptances are now out with forty-nine fillies still in the mix including all-in favourites Skybird, who is undefeated taking her record to three-from-three with a Group 2 Moonee Valley Fillies Classic victory last start, and the also in-form Michael Moroney-trained Group 2 Prelude winner Coeur Volante.

  Last 10 Horse Sex Age Trainer Hcp Rating
1 35×22 ALECTRONA F 3 Tony & Calvin McEvoy  
2 213 ALLAPERCANTO F 3 Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes  
3 19×5053 AMAZONIAN LASS F 3 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott  
4 229×18 APACHE SONG F 3 Michael Trotter  
5 32×116 ARCTIC GLAMOUR F 3 Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou  
6 5110×7 AZULA F 3 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott  
7 1×341 BATRANA F 3 Tony & Calvin McEvoy  
8 21 BIZOT F 3 Archie Alexander  
9 33437 BROADCASTER F 3 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace  
10 1×413 CARINA QUEEN F 3 Grahame Begg  
11 41×11 COEUR VOLANTE (NZ) F 3 Michael Moroney  
12 1×2 COMMEMORATIVE F 3 James Cummings  
13 42×222 ELPHINSTONE F 3 Tony & Calvin McEvoy  
14 4112 ENNA’S DREAM F 3 Alex Rae  
15 0512 ERSA F 3 Ben, Will & JD Hayes  
16 2x522x12 FACILE F 3 Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou  
17 42 FAYETTA F 3 Dan O’Sullivan  
18 03 FINALE F 3 Cliff Brown  
19 1 FLYING FIZZ F 3 Matthew Williams  
20   ICHIKA F 3 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace  
21 1×22 JOLIESTAR F 3 Chris Waller  
22 1 JUST IN TIME F 3 Richard & Will Freedman  
23 2x13x3222 KIMOCHI F 3 Gary Portelli  
24 24×40 KIND WORDS F 3 Kris Lees  
25 4x5212x57 LADY IN PINK F 3 Leon & Troy Corstens  
26   LIVELY F 3 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace  
27 26×14 LOVAZOU F 3 Danny O’Brien  
28 49×5167 MAH ALI F 3 Benjamin Smith  
29 2×321 MAURICIO F 3 Wendy Kelly  
30 4x4x153 MISS ARIA F 3 Danny O’Brien  
31 6×30 OUR UPTOWN GIRL F 3 John Thompson  
32 24 QUICKSTER F 3 Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman  
33 221 ROLL ON HIGH F 3 Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman  
34 21×80 ROSE OF SHALAA F 3 Matthew Williams  
35 1×213 SENTIMENTAL FLAME F 3 Travis Doudle  
36 14×38 SERASANA F 3 Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock  
37 111 SKYBIRD F 3 Mitchell Freedman  
38 04×12604 SUBRISING F 3 Nigel Blackiston  
39 121 SUNSET DREAMING F 3 Tony & Calvin McEvoy  
40 6×20 TIETAR (NZ) F 3 Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)  
41 42×1116 TIZ INVINCIBLE F 3 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace  
42 33331×8055 TREASURWAY F 3 Jason Warren  
43 1×1312 TROPICAL SQUALL F 3 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott  
44 2 UNTIL VALHALLA F 3 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace  
45 62 VIBRANT SUN F 3 Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)  
46 517×12 VIVY AIR F 3 Archie Alexander  
47 34 YOU LITTLE NIPPER F 3 Archie Alexander  
48 111×0071 ZARDOZI F 3 James Cummings  
49 11×63 ZOURION (NZ) F 3 Mark Walker

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

Thousand Guineas Results

The Thousand Guineas race results and finishing order are announced on the Saturday after the Melbourne Cup Carnival in November.

As well as the Thousand Guineas winner, successful trifecta and first four you can also see the starting price and margin of all the runners as well as any scratched horses.

Notable recent Thousand Guineas winners include upset 2017 Thousand Guineas winner Aloisia (2017), Global Glamour (2016), Guelph (2013), Atlantic Jewel (2011), and Miss Finland (2006).

Arborea holds the current Thousand Guineas race record winning over 1600m in 1993 in a time of 1 minute 35:60 seconds.

Past Thousand Guineas Winners

Recent Thousand Guineas winners and place-getters dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.

Year Winner 2nd 3rd Time
2023 Joliestar Kimochi Skybird 1:36.81
2022 Madame Pommery Revolutionary Miss She’s Licketysplit 1:41.4
2021 Yearning Elusive Express Barb Raider 1:37.5
2020 Odeum Personal Instant Celebrity 1:36.2
2019 Flit Missile Mantra Southbank 1:37.1
2018 Amphitrite Fundamentalist Seabrook 1:35.6
2017 Aloisia Shoals Alizee 1:36.2
2016 Global Glamour I Am A Star Whispering Brook 1:36.8
2015 Stay With Me Jameka Badawiya 1:35.8
2014 Amicus Traveston Girl Sabatini 1:36.4
2013 Guelph May’s Dream Gregers 1:37.7
2012 Commanding Jewel Dear Demi Zydeco 1:37.1
2011 Atlantic Jewel Mosheen Sharnee Rose 1:35.8
2010 Yosei Heartsareforlove Brazilian Pulse 1.39:8
2009 Irish Lights Melito Faint Perfume 1:38.8
2008 Gallica Cats Whisker Glowlamp 1:38.6
2007 Serious Speed Extension of Time Antarctic Miss 1:36.3
2006 Miss Finland Permaiscuous Cheeky Choice 1:37.2
2005 Mnemosyne Rewaaya Serenade Rose 1:36.3
2004 Alinghi Hollow Bullet Ballet Society 1:37.1
2003 Special Harmony Hinting Spurcent 1:36.4
2002 Macedon Lady La Bella Dama Fuji Dancer 1:36.4
2001 Magical Miss Ha Ha Li Lo Lill 1:37.0
2000 All Time High Ponton Flyer Tanith 1:36.3